- 20 kilograms of cocaine valued at £1 million, bound for the Fermanagh area of Northern Ireland, has been seized in a port in Holland by Dutch authorities.
- 54 kilograms of cocaine estimated at £8 million, hidden within a lorry-load of Christmas trees at the port of Harwich, UK was seized as one person was arrested by Border Force officials.
- 118 persons have been arrested after 281 suspicious transactions were reported following joint efforts by Interpol, Europol and Ameripol in the Global Action against Online Fraudsters in the Airline Sector.
- Six members of an organised crime syndicate have been arrested and drugs valued at AUS$1.2 billion were seized by Australian police in one of the country’s biggest drug busts.
- Europol warns of the use of social media such as Facebook by organised crime gangs to enslave vulnerable women into prostitution and illegal work through promise of legitimate work.
- Rwanda has launched the ‘Turn Back Crime’ global campaign, an Interpol campaign against organised crime which calls for the public to cooperate with security institutions to deter crime.
- 3 500 kilograms of cocaine valued at €120 million has been seized by Rotterdam port police officials in the second largest cocaine haul in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- 50 kilograms of cocaine value at £2.5 million has been seized by the Police Service in Northern Ireland (PNSI) in one of the biggest ever drug haul.
- Amsterdam authorities warn tourists of “extremely dangerous cocaine” believed to be white heroin trafficked as cocaine.
- 850 kilograms of cocaine valued at £36 million was seized in the Caribbean by sailors on board a Devon based warship HMS Argyll.
- Mexico promises to initiate police reforms in an attempt to quell angers following the suspected death of the 43 students.
- More than 400 Uruguay soccer fans of “barras bravas” have been alleged to be involved in drugs and weapons trafficking.
- Tennis is reportedly being taken over by match-fixing and organised crime groups.
- Natural parks in Colombia are allegedly being used as safe havens by rebel groups, drug traffickers and organised crime groups.
- Colombia plans to implement a pilot coca substitution program in the southern state of Putumayo, near the Ecuadorean border.
- Ghana has called for an inquiry into a Ghanaian caught with 12.5kilograms of cocaine at Heathrow airport, London.
- Uganda plans to impose strict laws on drug traffickers and drug related offences.
- Al-Qaeda is allegedly liaising with Colombia’s drug cartels to smuggle drugs into Europe.
- A report by the UNODC reveals that child trafficking is on the rise.
